Ebook: Photosynthesis: Molecular Biology and Bioenergetics

Plant productivity depends upon the photosynthetic conversion of the light energy into chemical energy stored in the biomass of plants. An intermediate step in this energy conversion process is electron transfer and proton translocation. At present, several research groups are working on projects that are expected to lead to rapid improvement of our understanding of the photosynthetic process. This book is a compilation of the work being done on the applications of molecular biology and bioenergetics of photosynthesis.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Genes of the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Higher Plants—Structure, Expression and Strategies for Their Engineering....Pages 3-20
Specific Mutagenesis as a Tool for the Analysis of Structure/Function Relationships in Photosystem II....Pages 21-35
Replication of Chloroplast DNA: Replication Origins, Topoisomerase I, and In Vitro Replication....Pages 37-52
Molecular Genetics of Herbicide Resistance in Cyanobacteria....Pages 53-61
Molecular Analysis of a Gene (irpA) Encoding a Function Essential for Iron-limited Growth in the Cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2....Pages 63-76
Primary Structure and Expression in Escherichia coli of the Mn-stabilising Protein Involved in Photosystem II Water Oxidation....Pages 77-84
Further Characterisation of the Isolated PS2 Reaction Centre....Pages 85-101
Use of Synthetic Peptides in Studies on the Biogenesis and Phosphorylation of Photosystem II Proteins....Pages 103-115
Functional Role for 33KDa Proteins in the Oxygen Evolution Complex (OEC)....Pages 117-134
Heat-shock Proteins Associated with Chloroplasts....Pages 135-141
The Role of Chloride in Oxygen Evolution....Pages 143-161
Isolation of a Highly Active PS II Preparation from Wheat Triticum Aestivum and the Chemical Modification of Tyrosine Residues with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan (NBD-C1)....Pages 163-174
Phosphorylation of Photosystem Two Reaction Centre Polypeptides....Pages 175-188
Trafficking and Distribution of the Photosynthetic Reaction Centre Proteins in the Chloroplast Membranes....Pages 189-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Ca++ Gating of Proton Fluxes in Thylakoid Membranes: Regulation of Localised and Delocalised Energy Coupled Proton Gradients....Pages 197-204
Plastoquinone Diffusion in Proteoliposomes Studied by Pyrene Fluorescence Quenching....Pages 205-224
The Involvement of Sulphydryl Group of Coupling Factor 1 (CF1) in Energy Transduction in Chloroplast....Pages 225-237
Front Matter....Pages 239-246
The Bioenergetics of Stress Responses in Cyanobacteria....Pages 247-247
CAM Induction in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum: Protein Expression....Pages 249-257
Front Matter....Pages 259-268
Sensitivity to Far-uv Light as a Parameter for the Study of in vivo Regulation of Development of PSII Particles in Cyanobacteria: An Analytical Model....Pages 247-247
Effects of Light Chilling on Photophosphorylation in Cucumber....Pages 269-281
Effect of Heat Stress on Photosynthesis and Respiration in a Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Mutant....Pages 283-295
Inhibition of Energy Transfer Reactions in Cyanobacteria by Different Ultraviolet Radiation....Pages 297-303
Carbon Dioxide Fixation by PEP Carboxylase in Pod-walls of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)....Pages 305-313
Selective Alternations in Photosynthetic Pigment Characteristic and Photoelectron Transport during Senescence of Wheat Leaves....Pages 315-329
Front Matter....Pages 331-341
New Results on the Mechanism of Photosynthetic Water Oxidation....Pages 343-351
Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Major Light-harvesting Pigment-protein (LHCIIb) of Higher Plants....Pages 353-353
Transport of Proteins into Chloroplasts....Pages 355-371
The Role of Lipid-Protein Interactions in the Structure and Function of Photosynthetic Membranes....Pages 373-387
Introduction to Triplet-minus-Singlet Absorbance Difference Spectroscopy Monitored with Absorbance-detected Magnetic Resonance....Pages 389-397
Photosystem I Particles from Sorghum: Isolation and Characterisation of Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes under Differing Growth Light Regimes....Pages 399-409
Back Matter....Pages 411-420
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